Calendar



E. L. PHASE. CALENDAR.

(No Model.)

No. 462,450. Patented Nov; 3, 1 891.

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EDIVARD L. PEASE, OF LYNN, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOLDEN RULE COMPANY,

' OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CALENDAR.

SPECIFI-JATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,450, dated November 3, 1891.

Application filed August 20, 1891. Serial No. 403,161- (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern: and may be integral therewith, and which are Be it known that I, EDWARD L. PEAsE, a passed through perforations in the back A citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, and bend over on the back to secure the 55 in the county of Essex and State of Massabracket in place. Above the bracketl secure chusetts, have invented certain new and usea bail or holder 71, by means of small metallic ful Improvements in Calendars, of which the staples g, which pass through perforations in following is a specification, reference being the back A and are bent and clinched to secure had therein to the accompanying drawings. them in place. Said holder 72, is preferably no In churches in which the envelope system made from wire having each end bent to form to of collection of offerings or contributions is an eye, as shown at 7a. The stapleg embraces employed the members of the congregation the eye of the holder and the holder is thus arefurnished each year with a sufficient numflexibly connected with the back A and is her. of envelopes for the year. These envelfree to drop as the envelopes are used, and 65 opes have been generally supplied in a loose thus will bear against the envelopes and hold package, in which case they are apt to be them in place Whether there be a greater or mislaid or lost, or they have been combined less number of them on the shelf B. The with a proper backing to form a calendar. holder h is of such a size and shape as to in- Such a calendar is shown and described in close the maximum number of envelopes em- 70 Letters Patent of the United States No. ployed. 2o 4%,023, dated December 2, 1890. My device is simple in construction and in- My present invention is an improvement expensive andmay be very conipactlypacked on the device shown and described in said for shipment and distribution. The shelf, Letters Patent; and it consists of a calendar holder, and envelopes may be so easily se- 75 comprising a back or support and a number cured to the back that each part may be of leaves, each leaf consisting of an envelope packed separately and the whole combined having printed thereon the calendar for a by the party who receives the calendar. For week or other period of time, said leaves or this reason a large number of calendars may envelopes being supported and secured in be packed in small compass and shipped at 80 place by means of a shelf or bracket and a small expense and with very little danger of bail or holder flexibly secured or jointed to injury.

the back above said shelf and adapted to What I claim is pass around the sides and front of the upper 1. A calendar provided with a shelf B, and portions of the said envelopes and to hold having a hinged or flexible holder h above 85 them in place, all as hereinafter more fully the said shelf for passing around the sides 5 described, and the novel features of which and front of the series of articles placed on are pointed out in the claims which are apthe shelf, substantially as shown and depended hereto. scribed.

I will describe my invention, using letters 2. A calendar consistingof asuitable back, 90 of reference to the accompanying drawing. a shelf secured thereto, and a series of envel A is the back of the calendar, which may opes, each having the calendar for a week or be of pasteboard or other suitable material of other period of time thereon resting on said any desired shape and having any suitable shelf, and a holder hinged to the back above lettering or decoration thereon. the said shelf and passing around the sides 5 B is a shelf or rest, preferably of thin brass and in front of the series of envelopes, subor other metal and having preferably upstantially as shown and described.

wardly-projecting ends (1, and an upwardly- In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature in projecting front f, as shown, which serve to presence of two witnesses. keep the envelopes D 1n place. lhe bracket EDWARD L. PEASE' B may be secured in any suitable manner to the back A; but- I prefer to provide it with XVitnesses:

two or more prongs, which may be formed of TM. A. MOLEOD,

the metal of which the bracket is composed, ROBERT IVALLAOE. 

